Tape with multiple sided adhesive material

Abstract

An adhesive tape is disclosed that can simplify the process of pasting a torn, cut off, additional piece of material into its position. The adhesive tape comprising a strip that comprises of flaps made up of flexible material extending radially from a common axis along the length of the strip. The surfaces of the flap are either both adhesive surfaces or one adhesive surface and another is non-adhesive surface. The invention provides a removable layer which protects an adhesive quality of the adhesive surface on which corresponding removable layer is pasted. The invention also provides a method of easily tracing the removable layer which is pasted onto the tape which relates to the method to know the approximate/exact amount of tape left in a roll.

We claim: 
     
         1 . A tape comprising a strip, wherein the strip comprises:
 a set of four flaps extending radially from a common axis parallel to longitudinal direction along the length of the strip; and   wherein each of the flaps comprises an adhesive surface and a non-adhesive surface.   
     
     
         2 . The tape of  claim 1 , wherein the set of four flaps are arranged in a manner that the adhesive surface of each of the flaps is adjacent to the adhesive surface of one neighbouring flap; and
 the non-adhesive surface of each of the flaps is adjacent to the non-adhesive surface of other neighbouring flap.   
     
     
         3 . The tape of  claim 1 , wherein the adhesive surface comprises a pattern of adhesive regions, non-adhesive regions or a combination thereof. 
     
     
         4 . The tape of  claim 1 , wherein the strip comprises a removable layer on the adhesive surface to protect adhesive quality. 
     
     
         5 . The tape of  claim 4 , wherein the removable layer comprises an extended portion used to peel off the removable layer thereby exposing the adhesive surface. 
     
     
         6 . The tape of  claim 4 , wherein design of the removable layer is based on at least one of, but not limited to transparent color, distributed color, printed pattern, or a combination thereof. 
     
     
         7 . The tape of  claim 6 , wherein intensity of color printed on the removable layer gradually varies to indicate remaining strip in a roll. 
     
     
         8 . The tape of  claim 1 , wherein the strip comprises a plurality of markings to tear off the strip easily from a roll. 
     
     
         9 . The tape of  claim 8 , wherein design of the plurality of markings comprises at least one of, but not limited to punched, engraved, printed, or a combination thereof. 
     
     
         10 . The tape of  claim 1 , wherein design of the strip is based on at least one of, but not limited to transparent color, distributed color, printed pattern, or a combination thereof. 
     
     
         11 . The tape of  claim 1 , wherein the tape is used to seal a box from both the inside surface and outside surface of the box. 
     
     
         12 . A tape comprising a strip, wherein the strip comprises:
 at least three flaps extending radially from a common axis parallel to longitudinal direction along the length of the strip; and   wherein each of the flaps comprises at least one adhesive surface.   
     
     
         13 . The tape of  claim 12 , wherein at least three flaps are arranged in a manner that the adhesive surface of each of the flaps is adjacent to the adhesive surface of one of neighbouring flaps. 
     
     
         14 . The tape of  claim 12 , wherein the adhesive surface comprises a pattern of adhesive regions, non-adhesive regions or a combination thereof. 
     
     
         15 . The tape of  claim 12 , wherein the flaps are made up of a flexible material to allow turning or rotation around the common axis when a pasted object is placed in between the adhesive surfaces of neighbouring flaps. 
     
     
         16 . The tape of  claim 12 , wherein the strip comprises a removable layer on the adhesive surface to protect adhesive quality. 
     
     
         17 . The tape of  claim 16 , wherein the removable layer comprises an extended portion used to peel off the removable layer thereby exposing the adhesive surface. 
     
     
         18 . The tape of  claim 16 , wherein design of the removable layer is based on at least one of, but not limited to transparent color, distributed color, printed pattern, or a combination thereof. 
     
     
         19 . The tape of  claim 18 , wherein intensity of color printed on the removable layer gradually varies to indicate remaining strip in a roll. 
     
     
         20 . The tape of  claim 12 , wherein the strip comprises a plurality of markings to tear off the strip easily from a roll. 
     
     
         21 . The tape of  claim 20 , wherein design of the plurality of markings comprises at least one of, but not limited to punched, engraved, printed, or a combination thereof. 
     
     
         22 . The tape of  claim 12 , wherein design of the strip is based on at least one of, but not limited to transparent color, distributed color, printed pattern, or a combination thereof. 
     
     
         23 . The tape of  claim 22 , wherein intensity of color printed on the strip gradually varies to indicate remaining strip in a roll. 
     
     
         24 . The tape of  claim 12 , wherein the tape is used to seal a box from both the inside surface and outside surface of the box.